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Infielder Colin Moran, who sustained facial fractures and had to undergo surgery after he fouled a ball off his face on July 22 in Baltimore, returned to the Astros prior to Tuesday's 3-1 win after finishing his rehab assignment at Class A Quad Cities.

Astros third baseman Colin Moran, who remained in a local hospital Sunday after suffering a facial fracture Saturday, is expected to miss several weeks and could be facing surgery for a facial fracture.

Info Biográfica de
Colin Richard Moran

Graduated from Iona Prep. School in New Rochelle, NY, in 2010...ranked as the No. 10 prospect in the state of New York...earned All-Archdiocese honors as a senior...was a Journal News Westchester First Team AllStar, and also a two-time team MVP...Played collegiate ball at the University of North Carolina...hit .345 with 13 homers and an NCAA-high 91 RBI as a junior for the Tar Heels, who lost to UCLA in the semifinal of the College World Series...was an AllAmerican and a finalist for the 2013 Golden Spikes Award as a junior...was also named the 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year...His older brother LHP Brian Moran drafted by Seattle in the seventh round of the 2009 draft...Is also the nephew of OF B.J. Surhoff, a 19- year Major League veteran that attended UNC and was the No. 1 overall selection in the 1985 draft, and RHP Rich Surhoff, who played one season (1985) in the Majors...Drafted by Miami in the first round (6th overall) of the 2013 June draft...signed by Marlins scout Joel Matthews...Acquired by Houston at the 2014 trade deadline in a seven-player swap that sent RHP Jarred Cosart to the Marlins...Added to the Astros 40-man roster on May 17, 2016...the 2017 season marked his fourth consecutive at Major League Spring Training (one with Miami).

2016

Made his Major League debut with the Astros... made nine appearances, including six starts at third base...spent the entire Spring Training with the Astros as a non-roster invitee, and opened the season with Triple A Fresno...was selected to the Major League roster on May 17...was optioned back to Triple A on May 30, until his final recall on Sept. 16...he remained with the Major League club through the remainder of the season...went 2x4 with two RBI on May 27 at LAA, giving him his first Major League hits and RBI...snapped an 0x13 to begin his career with a single in the 5th inning...recorded his first career extra-base hit with a double on Oct. 2 at LAA, which was the final game of the season...in 32 games with the Grizzlies to start the season, Moran was hitting .288 (36x125) with seven doubles, three home runs and a club-leading 22 RBI before his MLB debut...after being optioned back to Triple A for his second stint with the club, played 85 games though the remainder of the Triple A season...batted .249 (83x334) with 11 doubles, seven homers and 47 RBI in that span.

2015

Spent the entire year with Double A Corpus Christi, batting .306 (112x336) with 25 doubles, nine homers, 67 RBI and an .840 OPS (.381 OBP/.459 SLG) in 96 games...had the beginning of his season derailed after suffering a fractured jaw when an errant throw hit him in the face while sliding into second base on April 30 at Midland... missed a month's worth of games, returning on May 29, but had a torrid finish to the season...was named the MiLB.com July Texas League Player of the Month, as he hit .349 (37x106) with seven doubles, three homers, 22 RBI and a .945 OPS (.407 OBP/.538 SLG) in 27 July games...over his final 32 games spanning the months of August and September, batted .320 (39x122) with six homers, 19 RBI and a .940 OPS (.424 OBP/.516 SLG)...hit all nine of his homers in the second half of play.

2014

Started the season with Class A Advanced Jupiter in what was his second professional season, earning Florida State League Midseason All-Star honors...earned his first invite to Major League Spring Training with the Marlins where he appeared in six games before being sent to minor league camp on March 17...entered the campaign ranked as a top 100 prospect in all of baseball: Baseball America No. 61, MLB.com No. 51 and Baseball Prospectus No. 74...appeared in 89 games with Jupiter, including 86 at third base and three at DH...led Jupiter in batting average (min. 200 AB), hitting at a .294 clip (106x361)...recorded a hit in 11 of his last 14 contests with Jupiter from July 17-31, batting .293 in those games... on July 31 was traded to Houston as part of the trade that sent RHP Jarred Cosart to Miami...was assigned to Double A Corpus Christi where he remained through the end of the season in what was his first action at the Double A level...in 28 games with the Hooks, owned a .303 batting average (34x112)...was named the Corpus Christi Player of the Month in August, batting .303 (33x109) with six doubles, two homers and 21 RBI...following the season, was named a top prospect by multiple outlets (MLB.com No. 5 Astros prospect; MLB.com No. 67 overall prospect; Baseball America No. 7 Astros prospect).

2013

Assigned to Single-A Greensboro after being selected by Miami with the sixth overall selection in the First-Year Player Draft...Homered in first professional at-bat, a solo shot in first inning of eventual 4-3 win vs. Charleston on July 17...Had a hit in each of first three games with Grasshoppers...Average dipped to .232 after 26 games, but recorded a hit in 13 of final 16 games, including eight multi-hit games, to improve to .299 for season...Batted .407 (24x59) over final 16 games, with five doubles, two home runs and five RBI...Hit .262 (11x42) with runners in scoring position, with 18 RBI...Batted .321 (36x112) in 29 games in August, with seven doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI...Appeared in 22 games for Glendale Desert Dogs in Arizona Fall League; batted .230 (20x87) with three doubles and 10 RBI, drawing 12 walks and striking out 18 times.